Lamar Alexander: “I know there are lots of different studies, but that was the Congressional Budget Office testimony after a review.”

But 50 percent of what?

Because it takes a lot of electricity to produce aluminum and the cost of electricity is much too high in the United States to make that practical.

So you think it is appropriate for a Member of Congress to become involved in these decisions?

From my vantage point, the only reason it did not succeed was that Democrats would not vote for the Hyde Amendment.